Shloka 5
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
युधिष्ठिरो द्वादशभश्रि: प्रत्यविध्यत् पितामहम् | तदनन्तर धृष्टद्युम्मको भी अपने बाणोंद्वारा बीधकर महाबली भीष्मने सिंहके समान गर्जना की। तब नकुलने बारह, सात्यकिने तीन, धृष्टद्युम्नने सत्तर, भीमसेनने सात तथा युधिष्ठिरने बारह बाण मारकर पितामह भीष्मको घायल कर दिया ।। ३-४ ह ।। द्रोणस्तु सात्यकिं विद्ध्वा भीमसेनमविध्यत
sañjaya uvāca | yudhiṣṭhiro dvādaśabhiḥ pratyavidhyat pitāmaham | tad-anantaraṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno 'pi svabhir bāṇair vidhya mahābalī bhīṣmaḥ siṃha-iva garjanām akarot | tataḥ nakulaḥ dvādaśa, sātyakiḥ trīn, dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ saptatiṃ, bhīmasenaḥ sapta, yudhiṣṭhiraḥ dvādaśa bāṇān prahṛtya pitāmahaṃ bhīṣmaṃ vyathayām āsa | droṇas tu sātyakiṃ viddhvā bhīmasenam avidhyat |
Sanjaya said: Yudhishthira struck the Grandsire Bhishma with twelve arrows. Thereafter Dhrishtadyumna too pierced him with his own shafts; and the mighty Bhishma, roaring like a lion, answered the assault with undiminished valor. Then Nakula with twelve, Satyaki with three, Dhrishtadyumna with seventy, Bhimasena with seven, and Yudhishthira again with twelve arrows wounded the Grandsire Bhishma. But Drona, having pierced Satyaki, then struck Bhimasena as well. The passage underscores the grim reciprocity of war: even revered elders become targets, and prowess is measured in restraint and duty as much as in force.
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